"He who saves one soul it's as if he saved the entire world."
In 2008 the story of newlywed paratrooper commander, 2nd Lieutenant Aharon Karov,
called to duty the morning after his wedding then grievously wounded by
a Hamas booby-trap in during Operation Cast Lead, gripped Israel. The
story has recently been documented by his father to serve as inspiration
and a source of faith for others.
Only 22, the story of Aharon and his wife Tzivia, 19, continued to be
front page news even after his release from Beilinson Hospital in
Petach Tikvah in February 2009.
Karov’s recovery has been hailed as nothing short of miraculous,
especially in light of early predictions he would not survive at all.
“When he was brought in everyone was pessimistic and thought his
hours were numbered. The injuries were very bad, but in the end there
was no injury to the brain,” Trauma Unit chief at Beilinson, Professor
Pierre Zinger, recalled for the press.